Galdan Tseren Khan

Galdan Tseren Khan
Галдан Цэрэн Хаан
Khan
The Dzungar army during his rule.
Khan of the Dzungar Khanate
Reign1727–1745
Coronation1727
PredecessorTsewang Rabtan
SuccessorTsewang Dorji Namjal
Born1693 (1693)
Died1745 (aged 51–52)
IssueLama Dorji
Tsewang Dorji Namjal
Tsewang Dashi
Ulam Bayar
HouseChoros
DynastyDzungar Khanate
FatherTsewang Rabtan
MotherGonggara
ReligionTibetan Buddhism

Galdan Tseren Khan (Mongolian: Галдан Цэрэн Хаан; Chinese: 噶爾丹策零; 1693–1745) was a ChorosKhoshut prince and the Khan of the Dzungar Khanate from 1727 until his death in 1745.

Galdan Tseren was the eldest son of Tsewang Rabtan and the Sister of Lha-bzang Khan, Gonggara. After the assassination of his father by rival factions, a civil war followed between Galdan Tseren's half brother, Lobsangsür of which Galdan Tseren emerged victorious and crowned himself the new Dzungar Khan.